Sentences with phrase «measures educational status»

NCLB measures educational status and growth by ethnicity, and helps to close the achievement gap between white and minority students.

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This lack of agreement, even along the most general lines, is a characteristic feature of the situation today and accounts in a large measure for the low educational status of the ministry The work of the lawyer, the physician, the teacher, the artist, the writer and the engineer, is clear - cut and rather sharply defined (at least in the mind of the average man), so that when a young man chooses one of these professions he has some idea of what he is getting into.

The 2 groups were similar on all measured characteristics, including maternal ethnicity, educational status, age, parity, breastfeeding history, and infant birth weight (intervention group, 1914.4 g; control group, 1840 g); gestational age; sex; and length of hospital stay (intervention group, mean 27.1 days [range, 2 - 81 days]; control group, mean 25.2 days [range, 1 - 104 days]-RRB-(Table 1).

The index is a composite indicator of health status, educational attainment (social development) coupled with per capita income (economic performance) and remains one of the most credible measures for human development across countries and regions worldwide.

They measured educational outcomes using standardized tests and looked at demographic data, including attendance and suspension; race and ethnicity; free and reduced price lunch status; and participation in gifted education, special education, or programs for English learners.

Inequality in access goes far beyond socioeconomic status, and reliable measures would incorporate a more granular understanding of what limits educational opportunities.

Current accountability systems rely predominantly on the «percent of children reaching proficiency,» which educational measurement experts call a «status» measure.

Two other commonly reported demographic measures of SES are the employment status and educational levels of parents or caregivers.

Socioeconomic status was measured with a 6 - point scale that places each occupation into1 of 6 categories based on the educational level and income associated with that occupation in the data from the New Zealand census.36 Measures of socioeconomic status were averaged from birth to age 9 years (α =.79).

Few countries identified in the international WHO global status report address violence through social and educational policy measures.1